Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
390 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsThe Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.
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Episode 320 - The Whiskey Rebellion
July 14, 2024 19:57 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBGet live show tickets here: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Bad tax law almost starts a new American Revolution only a few years after the last one. Sources: William Hogeland. The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/whiskey-rebellion ...
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 9: The Gundam is Meat
July 10, 2024 06:42 - 10 minutes - 8.11 MBGet the entire episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/107858171
Episode 319 - The Makin Raid
July 08, 2024 06:11 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys VOTE FOR US TO WIN AN AWARD https://www.podcastawards.com/ A Marine officer builds a special forces unit on the ideas of Maoism and launches one of the strangest raids of WWII Sources: Duane Schultz. Evans Carlson, Marine Raider: The Man Who Commanded America's First Special Forces https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-makin-raid-what-really-happened-to-the-marines/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/raid-on-maki...
*PREVIEW* The Strange Journey of the SMS Emden
July 03, 2024 07:43 - 10 minutes - 8.33 MBThis is a preview, for the entire episode become a supporter of the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/107373024
Episode 318 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 3
June 30, 2024 20:01 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBThe conclusion! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys CHECK OUT OUR YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 8: Lube Proof Gun
June 25, 2024 18:43 - 10 minutes - 8.11 MBThis is a preview, for the full episode support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106875911?pr=true
The Münster Rebellion: Part 2
June 23, 2024 23:01 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBThe horrors continue! part 2/3 Sources: Anthony Arthur. The Tailor King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster Peter Vansittart. The Siege. Paul Ham. New Jerusalem: The short life and terrible death of Christendom's most defiant sect
Episode 317 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 2
June 23, 2024 23:01 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBThe horrors continue! part 2/3 Sources: Anthony Arthur. The Tailor King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster Peter Vansittart. The Siege. Paul Ham. New Jerusalem: The short life and terrible death of Christendom's most defiant sect
*PREVIEW* The Strange British Anti Tank Weapons of WWII
June 17, 2024 09:59 - 10 minutes - 8.3 MBWant the entire episode? Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-of-106344627
Episode 316 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 1
June 16, 2024 20:36 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBSupport the show on Patreon and get the rest of the series right now: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Check out our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 What starts as a rational critique of the Reformation turns into a wild, sex crazed, blood thirsty, and heavily armed cult ruled by a man who thinks he can cure blindness by spitting in someone's eye while mass executions take place via comically oversized anime sword. The Anabaptists of Munster eventual...
Episode 315 - Bacon's Rebellion
June 10, 2024 06:10 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys A colonial American uprising that united white men who wanted to steal more native land, slaves, and indentured servants against a corrupt Governor. GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-from-the-hague-tickets-912551134007 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 Sources: https://virginiahistory.org/learn/bacons-rebellion-virginia-years-1675-1676 https://www.pbs....
*PREVIEW* The Battle of Palmito Ranch
June 03, 2024 07:57 - 9 minutes - 7.22 MBThis is a preview, for the entire episode become a supporter on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/105432849
Episode 314 - The Zeebrugge Raid
June 03, 2024 07:53 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBGET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-from-the-hague-tickets-912551134007 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Untrained soldiers and suicide submarines raid a port during WWI with mothballed ships, reinforced with armor made from used mattresses and sandbags. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/war_sea_gallery_06.shtml https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/the-raid-on-zeebrugge-23-april-1918-for-engla...
*PREVIEW* The Greatest Beer Run Ever
May 28, 2024 06:47 - 9 minutes - 7.69 MBTo get the entire episode, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105077594?pr=true
Episode 313 - The Fall of Confederate New Orleans
May 26, 2024 20:33 - 1 hour - 53 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sinking forts, suicide gun boats, and one very dumb fake country. Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 Sources: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/new-orleans-civil-war https://64parishes.org/entry/fall-of-new-orleans-and-federal-occupation-adaptation https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1962/april/fall-new-orleans https://www.historynet.com/big-trouble-big-easy-confede...
*Preview* The Kuznetsov, Russia's Cursed Aircraft Carrier
May 21, 2024 07:11 - 10 minutes - 8.53 MBThis is a preview, for the entire episode support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104642168?pr=true
Episode 312 - The Mogami, Japan's Most Unlucky Warship That Refused to Die
May 20, 2024 07:05 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBCheck us out on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Japan creates a death trap that becomes so unlucky it becomes known throughout the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII Sources: David Lippman. Mogami: Japan's Luckless Cruiser http://combinedfleet.com/ships/mogami David Brown. Warship Losses of WWII Paul Dull. The Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy
*PREVIEW* lions Led By Robots Presents: Real Steel
May 14, 2024 07:17 - 10 minutes - 8.25 MBThis is a preview, for the full episode support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104215879?pr=true
Episode 311 - The Weather Underground: Part 2
May 13, 2024 07:09 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys CHECK US OUT ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 The conclusion to our two parter on the Weather Underground
Episode 310 - The Weather Underground: Part 1
May 06, 2024 06:17 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Tom takes the wheel and tells Joe about the time a man created a terror organization in order to get laid.
Episode 309 - The 1527 Sack of Rome
April 29, 2024 06:24 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The King of Spain hires a bunch of mercenaries to go to war and refuses to pay them leading to them sacking Rome for a paycheck. Sources: https://www.historynet.com/rome-ravaged/ https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/ https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/05/the-darkest-day-in-the-history-of-the-swiss-guard/ Idan Sherer. A Bloody Carnival? Charles' V Soldiers and the Sack of Rome in 1527
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 7: Piss Gundam
April 23, 2024 13:27 - 10 minutes - 8.35 MBThis is a preview of a bonus episode. For the whole thing, support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102893241
Episode 308 - The Battle of Flodden Field
April 22, 2024 06:02 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Scotland invades England with one of the largest armies in Scottish History and nearly wipe out their own government in the process. Sources: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/Marmion--A-Tale-of-Flodden-Field/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070227045328/http://www.ourpasthistory.com/England/the-battle-of-flodden-field-or-branxton-moor Peter Reese. Flooden: A Scottish Tragedy Ida Taylor. The Life of James IV William Welsh. B...
Episode 307 - Task Force Smith
April 15, 2024 05:49 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In the opening stages of the Korean War the US sent a badly underarmed, undermanned Task Force to blunt the advance of the entire North Korean military. It did not go great. Sources: https://www.historynet.com/rush-disaster-task-force-smith/ https://www.thenmusa.org/task-force-smith-and-the-problem-with-readiness/ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkajhttps://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA381834.pdf chrome-extension:...
*PREVIEW* The Death of Mussolini
April 10, 2024 15:32 - 11 minutes - 9.06 MBThis is a preview. for the entire episode, support the show: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102082264?pr=true
Episode 306 - The Battle of Brisbane
April 08, 2024 06:42 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe and Nate talk about the time a bunch of drunken American soldiers caused a pitched battle between themselves and their allies while stationed in Australia during WWII Correction: Indigenous Australians were given Australian citizenship at the same time other Australians (1949) however, the quality of that citizenship was not equal to that of non-indigenous Australians. This continued for decades and as many indigenous Australia...
Episode 305 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 5: Legation Garden Party
April 01, 2024 06:57 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBThe conclusion to the boxer rebellion series! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy joe's new sci fi series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVL5M34N?binding=kindle_edition&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1711954537&sr=8-1
*PREVIEW* Sharpe's Regiment
March 26, 2024 09:03 - 9 minutes - 7.61 MBThis is a preview. For the entire episode support the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101087767?pr=true Sharpe rejoins the British Army to root out corruption and the boys talk about the worst pizza party ever
Episode 304 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 4: The Rembrandt of Violence
March 25, 2024 07:05 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBPart 4/5 A Wild Smedley Butler Appears! support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 6: The Gundam Gimp
March 19, 2024 08:13 - 9 minutes - 7.98 MBhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/100647949?pr=true This is a preview. Full the full episode go support the show on Patreon!
Episode 303 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 3: Old Betsy
March 18, 2024 08:08 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBPart 3/5 SUPPORT THE SHOW AND GET THE REST OF THE SERIES RIGHT NOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K76S781H082F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XHKGWIOva407zn4HjcxVoDwpnrg_teWOwoT_cwv4MFhELwL-P_oC8zl_Tn7SdmE1hqhUiaxIM18D5M9PRpYDktSOd6zkDyGguWFvbaV8Mwn6hHhTfF2w2nBkSMqIZyMmunRrnoLp1hr5HopuXq0OYr1iHAgz9JEoxGKuWIJWNqFmbYFMvKLhHsBpVVbNo9vPPZMn_2BYVOwcUjL9zaORsskz4Q3k5x06kkbFQG5Ct0A.kvo5n...
Episode 302 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 2: Eunuch Fumes
March 10, 2024 20:44 - 58 minutes - 46.5 MBPart 2/5 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
*Preview* Operation Flipper
March 10, 2024 08:05 - 10 minutes - 8.67 MBThis is a preview. For the full episode become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100085482?pr=true Joe, tom, and Nate talk about the time British Commandos attempted to kill Erwin Rommel. It did not go great.
Episode 301 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 1: Unbeatable Army of Ultra Nerds
March 03, 2024 20:07 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThe Imperial powers of Europe and Japan humiliate China until they create an uprising of magical martial artists who are terrified of period blood. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: David Silby. The Boxer Rebellion and The Great Game in China Diana Preston. The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic History of China’s War Against Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 Henry Keown-Boyd. The Fists of Righteous Harmony Joseph Esherick. The Origins...
Episode 300 - Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Part 2
February 26, 2024 07:50 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBThe conclusion to the story of a boy and his Chindits. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TQI3C0BO6I0B&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1707720101&sprefix=%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1 SOURCES: John Diamond. British General Orde Wingate's Blurred Legacy https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2015/2/13/orde-wingate-and-combat-leadership David Rooney. Orde Wingate ...
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots Presents: Pacific Rim
February 25, 2024 08:20 - 10 minutes - 13.9 MBThis is a preview, for the entire episode support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99164054?pr=true
INVISIBLE WAR is Now Available!
February 24, 2024 10:27 - 1 minute - 1.04 MBBuy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K3BFMO2K65MB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xITP5VDK0NMzM91XP9IaMlodb2n95xjFC7uID5p--a1B6MtHNWPNlSJSLLCdzQ2KVMakjwi6q9-JEzHaABSWCtP_4w2xmdmyxnYgd3M_XKDO30AOVQnrEp97_JfwfCbsVUsEGEM8RUho9L7Qc1_aWLJLLG1YhONXExr3ZGNogXo4Gz3a3Q8F60RAhyhYl0RgizUT39Zdzg5CqVLFikbp5xNp_80kPktvyDU72G-qar8.T5GNkIz7oSM9HnUnCUtFvUVZTkoSLxzwGrMXwX406Ec&dib_tag=se&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1708770212&sprefix=%2Caps%2C511...
*PREVIEW* Himmler Was A Weird Little Freak (Live In London)
February 20, 2024 08:18 - 10 minutes - 8.22 MBThis is a preview. For the entire episode support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98815412?pr=true
Episode 299 - Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Part 1
February 18, 2024 19:02 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Orde Wingate was an insane person who thought exercise would cure malaria, wore a necklace of raw onions and garlic, and carried an alarm clock that would go off at random times like he was the Mad Hatter. He was also a commander of one of the most famous British military units during the Second World War. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TQI3C0BO6I0...
Episode 298 - The Insane Corruption of the Union Army During the US Civil War
February 12, 2024 06:36 - 58 minutes - 47.2 MBUnion soldiers may have marched off to fight for the right side of the war but that didn't mean that every contractor and General in the north wasn't going to try to steal something from the military along the way. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IDZ3WJXQ4CQJ&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1707120531&sprefix=%2Caps%2C236&sr=8-1 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: https://www.am...
*PREVIEW* Sharpes Sword
February 07, 2024 06:29 - 9 minutes - 7.64 MBThis is a preview. For the entire episode support us via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-sharpe-8-98013118
Episode 297 - The History of Fragging and the Case of Alberto Martinez
February 04, 2024 14:21 - 1 hour - 68 MBJoe and Nate explore the history of Fragging in the US military and the case of Alberto Martinez, a soldier who almost certainly killed two officers during the Iraq War and got away with it. Buy Joe's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KQQ88V9SZ7K1&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1706602108&sprefix=%2Caps%2C201&sr=8-1 Sources: George LePre. Fragging: Why US Soldiers Assaulted Their Officers in Vietnam https://www.record...
*PREVIEW* The Voyage of the Damned Live in London
January 29, 2024 15:34 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBThis is a preview of our first ever live show. For the whole thing, become a supporter of our show via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/live-show-voyage-97404031
Episode 296- The Battle Of The Three Kings
January 28, 2024 11:19 - 1 hour - 60 MBOnce upon a time the King of Portugal started a war that went so badly it collapsed his dynasty and killed three different kings all at once. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26EUS2ZHZB3Z9&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1706440190&sprefix=joe+kassabian%2Caps%2C211&sr=8-1 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/08/343746/why-the-battle-of-the-three-...
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 4: Child Pit Fighting
January 22, 2024 05:49 - 13 minutes - 10.7 MBThis is a preview of an bonus episode. To listen to the entire thing go support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Episode 295 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 2: Imperial Goon Cave
January 21, 2024 16:56 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBThe conclusion to the Satsuma Rebellion! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Reversion To The Sword.
Episode 294 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 1: Dutch Kabuki
January 14, 2024 18:59 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThe heroic story of how Samurai Warlord Saigo Takamori rose up against the changing of the times. But actually, it wasn't really about that at all. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gu...
*PREVIEW* Waterloo (1970)
January 08, 2024 04:53 - 10 minutes - 8.76 MBThis is a preview, to listen to the entire episode support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96076514?pr=true Once upon a time thousands of soviet soldiers were drafted into a film production. This is that film.
Episode 293 - Operation Lam Son 719
January 07, 2024 09:23 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBJoe and Nate talk about the time South Vietnam attempted to invade Laos. It did not go well. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: Sources: https://www.comanchero.org/LamSon719.html https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/invasion-02172021125804.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/27016309 Robert Sander. The Invasion of Laos, 1971 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024288 https://www.history.com/news/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war https://warfarehisto...
Episode 292 - The Defense of the Great Wall
January 01, 2024 07:58 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBChinese soldiers defended the Great Wall of China armed with swords, axes, and martial arts....in the 1930s SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.historynet.com/last-battle-great-wall/ https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/the-forgotten-story-of-japans-attack-on-the-great-wall-of-china-5b7f75e326b8 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-imperial-japan-seized-great-wall-china-91386 https://www.republicanchina.org/war.shtml